CONNECTIONS 8.1 Islam

Essential Questions  What are the basic beliefs and traditions of Islam?  How does Islam affect the politics of the Arab Spring?

Activating  Introduction to Islam  Discuss your understanding of Islam with a partner. Write down your understanding of Islam and any words you may associate with Islam. Be prepared to share.   What did you learn about the following:  Allah  Koran  5 Pillars  Islam is the monotheistic religion articulated by the Qur’an……………..

Connecting  Islam – The Religion: Jigsaw  Topics:  The 5 Pillars of Islam  The Beginnings of Islam  The Quran and Sharia Law  Sects of Islam  Islamic Holidays (Ramadan, Eid al-Fitr, etc)

Connecting  Islam – The Religion: Jigsaw  Websites:  Islam   Huda: Introduction to Islam   Understanding Islam and the Muslims  dmuslims/?AspxAuto-DetectCookieSupport=1 dmuslims/?AspxAuto-DetectCookieSupport=1  Islam 

Islam and the Arab Spring  This activity is meant to help us to understand the role of Islam in the establishment of new governments as a result of the Arab Spring, in particular, the Islamic parties.  What is your understanding of the Arab Spring?  The Arab Spring……is a revolutionary  Pair-Share by creating a summary on the following articles:  Haddadi-The Arab Spring and Islam: Politics, religion, culture, and the struggle for identity  spring-and-islam-politics-religion-culture-and-the-struggle-for- identity.htm spring-and-islam-politics-religion-culture-and-the-struggle-for- identity.htm  Ihardy – Islamism and the Arab Spring 

Summarizing  View the video below and answer the following questions in your Journal:  What is the narrator’s description of the Islamic political parties?  What is the central desire of the political parties?  What will happen if Islamic parties are elected into power?  W100QsAboutIslam: What are the effects of Islamist parties in new democracies?  ure=youtu.be ure=youtu.be